The lightest and most controllable wind turbine blade: its innovative design enables longer blades, increasing energy production and reducing the cost of energy.

Latest news

We’re very pleased to find out that we’ve been featured in The Sunday Times! In a long-form article published both in the newspaper and on the website, Billy Briggs explains the technical background in sail design that led to the development of the ACT Blade and presents opinions on our technology from leading industry figures. You can read the full […]

ORE Catapult has done a brilliant short video on our company as part of their “Backing the Game Changers” campaign. It does a great job of explaining the essence of what the ACT Blade is – a highly innovative blade backed by extensive research and engineering experience in the marine industry. You can watch the […]

It’s been a very busy 2018 so far at Act Blade, and unfortunately, we’ve lagged a bit behind with our news updates. Here’s a quick ‘tour de force’ recap: In January, we had an Act Blade prototype manufactured, transported to the state-of-the-art facilities provided by our friends at ORE Catapult, and our R&D engineers are hard at […]

ACT Blade are happy to welcome the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy project which is launched today, the 12th of October! The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy has released an article on how this project will drive innovation within the energy sector forward. ACT Blade are delighted to be part of this journey, and […]

Innovate UK celebrates 10 years as an organisation! They recently oublished an anniversary brochure “10 years shaping the future”, in which ACT Blade was featured for “making wind energy an easier choice for the UK”. Click here to read the brochure.

Last Tuesday, on the 20th of June, our CEO Sabrina Malpede met with Claire Perry at the Rushlight Summer Showcase in London. Claire was recently appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. ACT Blade is pleased to hear that she is very positive and supportive of the cleantech sector as […]

We are delighted to be featured in ORE Catapults new web series ‘Backing the Game Changers‘, in which different companies delivering inspiring innovation to the offshore renewables industry will be presented. Whether they are transferring technology from another industry or creating new solutions, these are the companies set to make waves globally, in order to […]

ACT Blade Technology

ACT Blade expands the boundaries of current blade technology by addressing the core problems of our wind energy industry. In today’s world, the development of viable sustainable energy alternatives is more important than ever. Wind energy has always been at the forefront of green energy solutions but if it is to continue to grow, it must remain competitive economically. Wind farms are still too expensive. If we really want to create a greener world for the future, then we must find a way to make the production of wind energy cheaper. This is where the team of experts that make up ACT Blade come in. Our patent pending innovative blade is a solution to all wind energy challenges. So, what makes ACT Blade so special?

The manufacturing process for ACT Blade will boost our local economy, creating new jobs and supporting British industry.
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Company

Act Blade Ltd designs and develops ACT Blade technology, the most efficient wind turbine blade. It was co - founded in November 2015 by Dr Sabrina Malpede (CEO), Dr Alessandro Rosiello (CFO) and Dr Donald MacVicar (CTO). Together, they have over a decade of experience of developing and commercialising innovative high tech products.
The team’s first successful venture was that of SMAR Azure Ltd, which is now a market leader in tailored computerised design applications and analytical software within the marine industry. The company uses its expert knowledge of CAD technology along with FEM/FEA and advanced CFD-Ranse in order to offer engineering services to designers across a range of industrial sectors. All products commercialised by the company are based on its proprietary technology, which was developed in close collaboration with major industry players. In 2014, SMAR Azure was awarded a contract by Land-Rover Ben Ainslie Racing team to work on the modelling and analytical tools for its wing - sail catamaran boat. Today, the company has more than two hundred customers worldwide, and continues to grow.
From the successes of SMAR Azure, the idea of ACT Blade was born. Since starting the company, the ACT team have won two Mid -Stage Energy Catalyst Awards for their work. These provide funding to support the research and development of new technology capable of addressing the UK government’s ‘energy trilemma'. ACT Blade works in close collaboration with innovation hubs such as the National Composite Centre and Ore Catapult. Ties with other high tech companies and industry stakeholders such as these will help to give a disruptive technology like ACT Blade the support it will need to break into the market.

Our Team

ACT Blade Ltd is led by Dr. Sabrina Malpede (CEO). Dr. Donald MacVicar (CTO) coordinates the internal technical team and the consultants involved in the development of the technology. Dr. Alessandro Rosiello (CFO) is providing support with the financing road map and commercialization strategy.

Sabrina Malpede

Co-founder & CEO

Donald MacVicar

Co-founder, CTO

Alessandro Rosellio

Co-founder, Non-Exc CFO

John Walker

R&D Engineer

Loris Pergod

R&D Engineer

Niklas Meyn

Structural Engineer

James Boyle

R&D Mechanical Engineer

Neil Adams

Senior R&D Engineer

Angelo D'Angelo

R&D Engineer

Dorota Topolniak

Office Manager

Onisim Ferche

Admin Assistant

ACT Blade Innovation Ecosystem

Technology partners and suppliers, who will support and supervise the technology developments

Dimension Polyant

Sailcloth Technology

DIMENSION-POLYANT, Inc brings significant expertise to develop a low cost, high strength-to-weight material that meets the needs of the ACT blade. DP is a worldwide leader in sailcloth technology with sailcloth design, development, fully vertical production and sales expertise in both United States and Germany.

SMAR Azure

Innovative Solution for the Marine Industry

SMAR Azure brings unique and fully integrated technology for the design and analysis of light weight and flexible structures, whose shape depends on wind and material. Their design expertise and technology know-how will support the development of the ACT Blade.

In collaboration with DNV-GL and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, the ACT Blade team has demonstrated that, by elongating a conventional blade by 4meters, the ACT blade technology is able to increase the energy production by 9.7% and reduce the Cost of Energy by 8.7%